Each year for Christmas, the children receive a Christmas-themed book. As our older children have grown, we have moved away from giving them picture books. Some of the “chapter books” that they have received and liked are:
The Birds’ Christmas Carol by Kate Douglas Wiggin
We have a different copy of this book.
Christmas by Alice Dalgliesh (out-of-print)
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Arthur Rackham
The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson, illustrated by Garth Williams
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
The Lion in the Box: A Christmas Story by Marguerite de Angeli
Maggie Rose, Her Birthday Christmas by Ruth Sawyer (out-of-print)
The Story of the Other Wise Man by Henry Van Dyke
Take Joy! The Tasha Tudor Christmas Book by Tasha Tudor
A Tree for Peter by Kate Seredy
The Trees Kneel at Christmas by Maud Hart Lovelace
The Year of the Christmas Dragon by Ruth Sawyer